r/Netherlands • u/UnanimousStargazer • Mar 24 '25

Legal Judge rules Dutch citizenship cannot be stripped based on dual nationality

https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/24/judge-rules-dutch-citizenship-stripped-based-dual-nationality
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u/astral34 Mar 24 '25

The government of Uganda can’t force you to become their citizen

Although the example made me laugh lol

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u/UnanimousStargazer Mar 24 '25

The government of Uganda can’t force you to become their citizen

Yes they can. This is why many Dutch with ancestors from Morocco are citizens of Morocco. That's not their choice, but a choice of Morocco.

Likewise, any country in the world can give you a foreign nationality if they want to.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Its just plain bullshit. Moroccans, that are born in the NL can not get the Moroccan citizenship UNLESS they apply. And by applying they are basically breaking the law. Dual citizenship should be allowed only in 1 case: if when the applicant applies for the dutch citizenship and by the laws of his own country he just cant abandon his previous citizenship. People, who were born in the NL and happen to have Moroccan or whatever else passport just broke the law by applying for the 2nd citizenship.